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Republican view on gay rights

Contact us at editors time. Straight evangelical Christians in the party simply want to know that they are also allowed to conduct their personal lives in accordance with their religious beliefs. White evangelical Protestants are one group where a narrow majority says government policies should support religion: Start No thank you. These are some of the common arguments against gay marriage. Among white evangelical Protestants, a cornerstone of the GOP base, only 35 percent approved of same-sex marriage, according to the Pew survey. A majority of people in the U. Partisan divides over political values widen 2.

Republican Views on Gay Rights

They believe that same-sex marriages should be given all the same legal benefits that opposite-sex marriages are, and that same-sex marriage should be legalized throughout the nation. The hiring, then forced resignation in May, of openly gay foreign policy expert Richard Grenell by the Romney campaign enhanced the party's, and Mitt Romney's, anti-gay image. Republicans headed the enactment of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law granting states the right to not recognize same-sex marriages that were granted under the laws of other states.